Duong Thi Quynh Nhu (3rd, right) brilliantly brings a gold medal to Hue

After 2 days of competition, with 12 gold medals, 2 bronze medals, Hanoi convincingly won the 1st place of the entire team, outstripping the 2nd and 3rd teams, Binh Duong (4 gold medals, 9 silver medals, 12 bronze medals) and Thai Nguyen (4 gold medals, 6 silver medals, 3 bronze medals).

At the championship, despite the set target of only one medal, with great efforts, Thua Thien Hue Jujitsu brilliantly won 1 gold medal, 4 silver medals, 9 bronze medals. Notably, the gold medal went to female athlete Duong Thi Quynh Nhu, with over- 70kg category, content Ghi (martial uniform).

Taking place from September 26-27, the Second National Jujitsu Championship 2020 brought together more than 100 male and female athletes from the 10 most powerful provinces and cities nationwide. At the championship, the athletes competed in the 2 contents: Gi (martial uniform) and No-Gi (t-shirt, tights) of 28 weight categories.

As the host, Thua Thien Hue Jujitsu attended with 22 athletes in both contents: Ghi and No Ghi, with the same set target of having a medal.

Although it was born in 2016 and is operational in the form of a movement, with 1 gold medal, 1 bronze medal in this tournament for the first time in 2019 along with the medal color change including 1 gold, 4 silver, 9 bronze medals at this year's championship, Thua Thien Hue Jujitsu has shown its big  advances.

Story and photo: Han Dang

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